Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday, March 11, held a live-streamed press event to announce the state’s first presumptive positive case of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Gov. Hutchinson also announced a ban on all out-of-state travel for state...
It’s time! Help us spread the word about the 2020 U.S. Census! Below is a list of resources to help you raise awareness with your networks about the 2020 Census and the young child undercount. #CountAllKids Young Child Undercount...
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families calls on business leaders, elected officials and nonprofit executives to encourage all Arkansans to participate in the 2020 U.S. Census. The request for leaders to #CommitToCount is available online at bit.ly/commit2countar. We must...
This has been the most reflective Black History Month I’ve ever experienced, which makes me think of a very personal story from my dad’s childhood and its relationship to racial (in)equity. It occurred on May 3, 1964; he was...
Will it finally be abandoned? On Friday, Feb. 14, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld the District Court’s decision to strike down Arkansas’s addition of work-reporting requirements to its...
The White House released its proposed FY 2021 budget on February 10, 2020. If passed, it would make huge cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal safety net programs. The implications would be devastating to...
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposes deep cuts to healthcare and basic assistance programs for low-income families while investing relatively little in our nation’s infrastructure. This is partially because it needs to pay for the permanent extension of the costly...
As we have entered a new decade, the U.S. Census Bureau is gearing up to conduct the 2020 Census. The census is administered every 10 years to provide an account of demographic changes, appropriate billions of dollars in federal...
This is part of our blog series, Running for Arkansas. In the series, we are featuring each district with an upcoming election and legislative candidate running to help you be an informed voter. Read our introductory post here. Looking...
February is Black History Month, and we are sharing a weekly round-up of Black History Month Photo Challenge posts from Melvin Clayton, our Race Equity Director for Advocacy. Please enjoy and share! To see other contributions to the challenge,...